California say the race and ethnicity of those they get the virus is roughly in line with the diversity of the state. In Santa Clara County there are 55 new cases with three more deaths, bringing the death toll 254. For the first time in history, all 50 states are under federal disaster declaration. The economy could have a rolling reentry as early as next month, as said by dr. Anthony fauci. Fauci to a gradual process will be required based on the status of the pandemic in parts of the country. 2600 deaths happened due to outbreaks in Nursing Homes and longterm care facilities. Nine of those were at the facility in hayward. There have been 450 deaths in Nursing Homes. The death toll is likely much higher among the 1 million frail and a elderly people that live in those facilities. Most do not include those who died without ever being tested for the 19. The u. S. Needs to build up an ability to test for the country to get back open. Dr. Inglesby from john hopkins said the process falls
No, not like the one that i have. Lets get to it. We had a touch weekend. This is going to happen sooner today. Were going look for the summer pattern and then had the activity in the county still, low overcast and thats very persistent. Its showing signs of getting chewed up today. We have the 40s and 50s and then santa rosa and then a little bit of fog. Low clouds out thereivy that fired up there. The system is coming dowts up to 35 miles an hour, but all signse pattern today and temperatures bumping up near average. Its been a cool april. Today is near average to that. Sal is here now, and wee will see if theres anything new going on the freeways. Its 6 02. Lets go back to the headlines. And thank you, sal. Topping the news this morning we start with the latest statistics on the coronavirus cases here in the bay area and across california. Now, John Hopkins University reports there are more than 23,000 cases in california with 600 and 82 deaths. There are 400 reported cases in the b
Morning drive for everyone heading out, our essential workers especially. And theres Nothing Holding them up over there getting across the bay. Instead of fog we have an issue of visibility. Youll notice its dark between Treasure Island and the oakland toll plaza. It is dark there. The Street Lighting or the roadway lighting has been out since at least midnight. I saw that noted on twitter. Headlights and taillights no problem. Be extra cautious. Back to you. A look at the latest u. S. Confirmed cases tops 460,000 including more than 16,000 deaths, the second most of any nation behind only italy. Nonessential businesses remain on hold. Today in the bays tracie potts live for us in washington and, tracie, congress was talking about adding more cash to help Small Businesses but thats hit a snag. Reporter exactly. They didnt get it done because republicans want to put more money in the pot where the money hasnt been dispersed yet and democrats are concerned about that because they say the
Area started out dry. We are looking at the weather not only for the bay area but its all a part of this big storm system that remains across elsewhere across the country as the region affecting southern you call your friends and family california with that storm who are also sheltering in system just parked over that place. Were watching a strong cold region. For us were on the outer edge front moving across parts of the of that and were getting ready midwest and may have a big for some dry weather and warmer Severe Weather outbreak for this weekend for parts of the south. Temperatures. For us we are going to start to a forecast in a few minutes and see our weather calming down, mike has a look at the morning quieting down, as we warm up. Commute for essential workers. So we are going to see our temperatures warming up into the upper 60s and low 70s. No backups, no big problems, a warning for folks traveling across the bridge, my camera in well have more on that. Emeryville. The span,
Drivers to slow down, especially with all these people out on the roadway. To be clear, oaklands slow streets is not to close any city streets, rather to limit traffic to locals only on certain residential streets and quarters. That means if youre driving in your own neighborhood, maybe getting a delivery to your home, those are okay, that is local only. This will apply to 74 miles of oakland streets, as you mentioned. Thats 10 of the citys roadways. Were taking this opportunity to try some new things. Oaklanders are very anxious right now, and really trying hard to adjust to a radically different reality. And we hope that this slow streets movement will help give some joy, some recreation, some exercise, in a safe and physically sdadistanced way to oakland families throughout the city. Reporter if you drive on a slow street without knowing it, you will not get a ticket at this point. This is an education campaign. But a city councilman is urging the sheriff to crack down on speeding a